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C h a p t e r  9

Steve

“How do we get him to shut up?” Tony groaned; head laid on the railing of Ryo’s crib.

Ryo screamed and cried as Clint tried to rock him to sleep.

Tony groaned. “I already had a headache, and this crazy kid is making it that much worse.”

Steve shrugged, grabbing the teddy bear Wanda had gone to the store for and bought for Ryo earlier that day, handing it to Clint. “He’s a baby. What else do you expect, Tony?”

“I don’t know…for him to be quiet!?”

“You obviously know nothing about kids.” Clint replied, handing Ryo the bear, still rocking him in his arms.

“Tony knows nothing about kids because he’s always avoided them.” Natasha replied, rolling her eyes.

Almost all of them had tried to get Ryo to go back to sleep, but so far, no such luck.

“Is he hungry?” Meela asked softly.

Peter covered his ears. “We already tried that!”

Steve shrugged. “He’s right. We’ve tried everything we can think of. He just doesn’t want to go to sleep.”

“He’s a baby, it’s normal,” Bruce shrugged, “besides, he can’t be older than a year and a half, if that, based on his size and demeanor…”

Clint nodded. “I’d say about a year and three months, somewhere around there, and I would know.”

Alex sank down beside the wall. “He’s cute…but is he going to do this every night? Everyone’s up except Fury, Thor, Loki, and Bucky…”

“He better not do this every night.” Tony mumbled, rubbing his eyes, still half-asleep.

Clint shook his head, still bouncing Ryo. “He shouldn’t do it every night…this was just his first night in a strange and new place, that’s all.”

Ryo screamed louder.

Steve flinched.

It was loud to everyone…and with his enhanced hearing…it was a whole lot worse.

Tony groaned, covering his ears.

“How are some of them not awake!?” Mayla asked, speaking louder so she could be heard over Ryo.

Natasha shrugged. “Don’t know. Thor and Loki are heavy sleepers though, Bucky may just be ignoring this, and Nick…he probably has earbuds in, knowing him.”

Ryo screamed louder, crying even more.

“When will he stop!?” Tony groaned, pressing his palms firmer against his ears.

Clint bounced Ryo more, quietly humming a song. “Give him time, Tony, he’s just a baby.”

“He’s so loud!” Peter groaned, also deeply bothered by the sounds because of his enhanced hearing, hands still pressed against his ears.

The door opened and Bucky stepped in, hair messy, wearing a jacket and gloves to hide his metal arm from Meela and Mayla. “He’s crying?”

“Good early morning, sleepyhead. Didn’t hear the baby until now?” Clint asked playfully with a smile, still bouncing Ryo.

Bucky rolled his eyes, crossing his arms. “Just now woke up, leave me alone.”

Steve raised an eyebrow.

Bucky was an extremely light sleeper…unless he had a nightmare that wouldn’t let him go.

“Buck, did you have a-?”

Bucky’s glare shut Steve up.

Truth be told, his friend was intimidating.

Bucky reached out to Clint. “Give me Ryo.”

Clint shrugged and handed Ryo over along with the bear. “Sure. You can try for a bit, but none of us have been successful, so good luck.”

Bucky merely took Ryo into his arms.

Steve sat down on the floor beside Alex. “Hopefully he’ll go to sleep soon. I have to get up in a few hours.”

Alex raised an eyebrow, smiling playfully. “How early do you get up…three?”

“Close. Four. I go on an early morning run…helps to get me ready for the day.”

Meela chuckled. “Yeah, can’t do that. I need my sleep, and Mayla especially needs her sleep…she gets cranky.”

Her twin nudged her in the side, slightly narrowing her eyes. “I do not.”

Meela laughed. “Yeah you do.”

Steve smiled. Turned to Tony. “You good, Tony?”

“Other than having a very painful headache, yeah, Steve, I’m just peachy. I’m totally fine when that baby keeps screaming!”

Natasha rolled her eyes. “Whatever, Tony, doesn’t mean you need to be a jerk.”

Peter uncovered his ears. “Uhm…guys, I think he stopped.”

Steve paused. Peter was right…Ryo had stopped screaming.

Steve stood. Everyone turned to face Bucky, just as Bucky laid Ryo down in the crib and pulled a small blanket overtop of him.

Tony blinked a few times. “What…?”

Clint smirked. “Bucky’s a baby whisperer.”

Natasha laughed. “That’s for sure. What did you do to him, Bucky?”

Bucky shrugged. “I don’t know. I’m going back to bed.”

Steve stepped out of his friend’s way and let him pass.

The door closed behind Bucky.

Steve turned to the others, still trying to understand what he just saw. “…What just happened?”

 

C h a p t e r  10

Bucky

Voices carried from the kitchen, mixing with a few chuckles and gasps.

Bucky brushed a single strand of his shoulder-length dark brown hair behind his ear, pushing it out of the way.

It was warm inside, what with wearing a jacket and gloves.

But he wouldn’t take them off.

Meela and Mayla didn’t need to know. Besides, he’d rather not have someone else see the monster behind the mask.

Bucky stepped into the kitchen, glancing around, seeing everyone that was there.

There were…a lot of people.

But it was getting easier to be around them, even if he still didn’t trust all of them completely.

“Hey Buck.” Steve came around Tony and clasped Bucky on the shoulder.

Bucky gave him a small smile.

It was still…odd having people touch him without the intent of hurting him.

But it was also nice.

Steve gave a smile back and held up a Styrofoam cup. “I got you some coffee. I know how much you like it.”

Bucky raised an eyebrow. “You seem to think I can’t function without it.”

Steve laughed. “You can’t, but that’s okay. Neither can Tony.”

“Correction, I can function without coffee, unlike Metal Head here. I just function better when I’ve had some.”

Steve merely gave Tony a smile. “Whatever you say, Tony.” He turned to Bucky. “Here you go.”

Bucky nodded, taking the cup. “Thanks, Steve.” He smiled to let his friend know he meant it.

“Steve, the baby…?”

Steve turned around to face Natasha. “Oh, right. Had to give Bucky his coffee. Crabapples.”

Mayla laughed, a bite of pancakes on her fork. “Crabapples?”

Steve shrugged, sitting down in a chair at the table beside Ryo. “It’s just something I say on occasion.”

Bucky waved a hand in dismissal. “He’s old, forgive him.”

“You’re older than me.” Steve countered, feeding a bite of pancakes to Ryo, who sat in a highchair.

Bucky scoffed. “By a year!”

“Still makes you that much older. How old are you now, Buck? One thousand?”

“If I’m a thousand, that makes you nine-hundred-ninety-nine, so…you’re really old too.”

“Ryo seems happy this morning.” Thor mused, stepping into the room, his brother beside him.

Loki nodded. “He does. Ooh, pancakes!”

Thor’s eyes widened. “Oh, yes please!”

Clint raised an eyebrow, crossing his arms, leaning back against the kitchen counter. “Where were you two last night? Ryo was screaming and crying, and neither of you got up.”

Loki shrugged. “Didn’t hear him. I drank coffee before bed last night. It always knocks me out.”

Thor nodded. “And I listened to white noise…apparently it knocks me out. But I still do not understand why coffee puts my crazy brother to sleep.”

“Is it decaf?” Meela asked, finishing her breakfast, putting her plate in the sink, where Bruce was carefully loading the dishwasher.

“No, it has caffeine in it.” Loki replied, sitting down, as both he and Thor got things to eat.

Bucky rolled his eyes, taking a sip of coffee. “You’re a freak.”

“Hey, for once I agree with Bucky on something.” Tony mused, typing something out on his laptop.

“Now I wish I hadn’t said it.”

Tony looked up, giving Bucky a smirk. “Too late now, Metal Head.”

Bucky rolled his eyes.

Tony and his nicknames.

He walked past Tony to go sit beside Steve, but he held out one of his arms, barely making it sweep over Tony’s head.

Tony ducked. “Careful, Barnes, you might knock my head off if you’re careless.”

Bucky shook his head, letting out a low sigh. “Can’t, sadly. Your head is too big to knock off.”

Clint laughed, patting Tony on the shoulder. “Oh, Bucky’s got you pegged. He got you good.”

Tony shrugged. “Eh, who cares. Bucky’s just got one point.”

“And how many do you have, Tony? Negative ten?”

Tony turned to face Steve. “Alright, you’ll pay for that one, Capsicle.”

Steve laughed, feeding Ryo another bite. “Maybe. But it’s worth it.”

Tony turned back around. “We’ll see about that.”

Bucky sank into a chair beside Steve.

Ryo seemed pretty happy this morning…but he was getting pancakes. “He seems happy.”

“You seemed to cheer him up last night. Did you sleep well, Bucky?” Steve asked, feeding Ryo the final bite.

Bucky shrugged, taking a bit of food for himself. “Sure, yeah.”

“Bucky…don’t lie.”

“I’m not.”

“Yeah, you are.”

Bucky rolled his eyes.

What did Steve know?

Wanda picked Ryo up, carefully wiping off his face with a napkin. “I’m sure Ryo would like to play this morning, wouldn’t you?”

Ryo merely giggled, trying to grab the napkin.

Sam leaned back against the doorframe, arms crossed. “Fury’s coming in here.”

Tony closed his laptop. “Hmm. He normally doesn’t come in here. I think he tries to avoid us in the morning.”

Fury came into the kitchen through the doorway, arms behind his back, merely standing there as a powerful, stoic presence. “Ryo needs to go back wherever he came from. We’ll give him to the orphanage, they can find his parents.”

Alex shook her head fiercely. “No, we can’t give him to the orphanage! We can find his parents faster than they would!”

“Quiet. I don’t want you in the tower either, so quiet, or I’ll send you out of it.”

“Don’t you think it’s best that we wait for Ryo’s parents so-“

“That’s enough, Banner.” Fury replied coldly.

Bruce lapsed into silence.

Bucky glanced at Steve.

Fury wouldn’t just kick Ryo and Alex out…would he?

“I already risked The Avengers’ reputation by letting two criminals into the building, and you want me to allow some random kids to stay as well!?”

Steve stood. “Fury, sir-“

“No, I’ve heard enough about this out of you, Rogers. We’re a world-saving team, not a babysitting service.” Fury snarled in reply.

Thor motioned to Ryo. “He’s just a baby, can’t you let him stay?”

“No. I already ordered Rogers to take him back wherever he came from.”

“He’s so cute though…can’t we keep him?” Loki begged.

“He probably has parents that want him,” Tony replied with a roll of his eyes, “and besides, Fury said to take him back, so that’s what we’ll do.”

Natasha raised an eyebrow. “Since when did you start listening to authority?”

“Since today.” Tony replied.

Clint patted Tony’s shoulder. “You keep telling everyone that. I think you just want Ryo out of the tower.”

Tony lapsed into silence. He knew Clint was right about him.

“He hasn’t caused any trouble.” Vision reminded, fazing through one of the walls to enter the kitchen.

“Did you forget about him crying and waking everyone up last night?” Fury challenged, crossing his arms tighter and glaring harder.

“Obviously you didn’t hear him.” Natasha argued, rolling her eyes.

Fury let out a deep breath, his patience wearing thin. “I did hear him, but I ignored him. He’s not my problem.”

“Then why do you want him to leave?” Bucky retorted, thinking he had spoken too quiet to be heard.

Fury raised an eyebrow and his eyes narrowed even more. “Excuse me, Barnes? What did you just say?”

Bucky stared at Fury, his blue eyes filling with partially clouded memories.

A tingle ran up and down his fingers. A chill spread up his spine.

Memories floated before his eyes.

“Bucky…? Bucky. Buck!” He jolted out of the memory. He turned to face Steve, who was gripping his shoulders, unmasked worry in his blue eyes. “Bucky, what happened?”

“I-I’m okay Steve. Really.” Bucky turned to face Fury. “I-I need to go for a minute. May I…?”

Fury sighed and nodded, pinching the bridge of his nose. “Fine. Whatever, Barnes, go do whatever you need to do. I don’t care anymore.”

Bucky stood up on slightly wobbly legs. He stepped away from the table and took in a deep breath. He couldn’t let anybody notice. He couldn’t let anyone see.

“Bucky, are you sure you’re alright?” Loki asked, raising an eyebrow, not believing what Bucky had told Steve.

Bucky just nodded. “Y-yeah, I’m good. I’m just a little…warm, that’s all. I-I need to go cool off for a bit.”

“You could take your jacket and gloves off.” Mayla pointed out, a worried frown crossing her face.

Meela nodded in agreement with her sister. “Yeah, that’d probably help you cool off.”

And show them his metal arm? No way.

Not in a million years.

He just didn’t trust the twins enough for that yet.

If he had a choice, he wouldn’t have shown Alex either…but he hadn’t known she was there. She had just…been there in the closet.

“I gotta go.” Bucky replied stiffly, turning back around again to leave.

He quickly left the kitchen and headed off.

That had been too close.

 

C h a p t e r  11

Tony

Tony softly closed his laptop. He stretched his arms over his head and yawned.

That was enough work for the morning…for now.

He finished his mug of coffee, rinsed the cup out, and put it in the sink.

No one else was in the kitchen anymore. He was entirely alone. Which he didn’t mind at times.

Although he had no idea where everyone had disappeared to.

Tony stood, leaving his computer on the table for a bit.

The most problematic thing was knowing that he didn’t know where Ryo was. He hoped someone was keeping an eye on the baby.

Because Ryo seemed like he’d be a troublemaker. Tony could just feel it.

They were also going to start some of the more serious training with Meela and Mayla in a few days. Alex had powers too, but she seemed to be able to control them.

Ryo was just a regular baby though.

He heard a child-like, loud giggle. Undeniably Ryo.

Tony walked out of the kitchen and into the adjacent living room. He stopped right in his tracks. “What the-!? Wanda!?”

Nick Fury was floating through the air, surrounded by a glow, arms crossed as he floated in the air. “Stark, you better find a way to get me down.”

Wanda walked into the room and her eyes widened. “Fury? What…?”

Tony took a second look. Fury had a light blue glow around him…not the red of Wanda’s telekinesis.

Vision came in from behind Wanda, and the other Avengers were right behind him.

Clint smirked, leaning back against the doorframe. “Fury really looks like he’s having fun.”

“Not sarcasm right now, Clint,” Natasha elbowed her friend and teammate in the side, “Tony, what’s going on?”

“I-I don’t know…it’s not Wanda…”

Another giggle.

Tony turned to face Ryo. Ryo’s hair, usually black, was glowing light blue, and his eyes, usually dark brown, were glowing the same color.

He giggled and clapped his hands.

Mayla gasped. “Oh my goodness!!! He’s a super powered baby!”

“He has powers! That’s epic!” Meela cried, in agreement with her twin.

Alex smiled brightly. “Ahh! I can’t believe it! Ryo is super too!? That’s so cool! He’s also just so cute!”

Tony thought they were going to explode. He rolled his eyes. “We need to get Fury down.”

“Yes, you do.” Fury replied, unmasked anger and impatience in his tone.

“I’ll get him.” Steve offered, reaching to help Fury down.

Thor went over to Ryo, who looked over at him and smiled. “Ryo…I know you don’t like Fury-“

“Who would?” Bucky interrupted; arms crossed.

“Not helping, Barnes.” Tony retorted.

Bucky rolled his eyes.

“I know you don’t like Fury…but you have to let him down.”

“Yes, Thor is right Ryo. I know you are having fun, but you need to let Fury down.” Loki said with a smile, standing beside his brother.

Ryo tilted his head, confusion on his face, pursing his lips.

Fury kept floating, and Steve finally grabbed hold of his legs. “Got him.”

Ryo giggled.

Fury floated higher, picking Steve up off the floor.

“Ryo…you need to put them down.” Natasha said, eyes on Fury and Steve.

Clint raised an eyebrow, facing Ryo, who was giggling still. “Does he even know he’s doing it?”

“This is why I didn’t want this kid in the tower.” Fury muttered, arms still crossed, eyebrows furrowed together.

Maybe it would have been best to leave Ryo where he was left.

“I think he’s right.”

“Tony…” Steve sighed, still also floating through the air, still holding onto Fury.

Bucky walked over to Ryo, crouching down in front of him. “Hey Ryo. How are you doing kiddo?”

Ryo smiled and looked at Bucky, holding out his arms for Bucky to hold him. The glow in his eyes and his hair disappeared.

Steve and Fury fell and hit the floor with a thud, Fury landing on top of Steve.

Fury got to his feet as fast as he could. “This kid needs to go.”

“He has powers like us…powers evil people could use! You can’t throw him out into the-“

“I don’t want you in this tower either, Alexandria, so you better shut it.”

“But what if Ryo needs-“

Tony held up a hand, silencing Peter. “Stay out of this, kid. Fury’s right.”

Steve stood, brushing dust off his brown leather jacket. “Are you always going to take the easy way out, Tony?”

“Are you always going to fight every order you’re given? I thought you were a soldier.”

Steve stepped closer to Tony. “A good soldier knows what orders can’t be followed.”

“Ah, so you’re the perfect soldier…I see. Because you do everything right, don’t you, Steve? Captain America is the perfect little American hero that does everything right.”

“You know nothing about me Tony.”

Tony laughed and raised an eyebrow. “I don’t? I know more about you than you realize. I know that you’re Steve Rogers, I know you’re Captain America, I know you fought Red Skull, I know you fell into the ocean and was a Capsicle for seventy something years, I know Bucky is your best friend for reasons I will never understand. And do you know what I know most of all, Steve?” He stepped closer to Steve.

Their noses almost touched they were so close to each other.

Steve rolled his eyes. “No, I don’t. Do enlighten me, Tony.”

“I know that you’re nothing but a lab experiment, and that you’re trying to prove yourself by being a perfect little hero.”

“Hey!” Bucky cried, having set Ryo down on the couch, almost going forward, but Thor grabbed him and stopped him.

Steve glanced from Bucky and back to Tony. “You wanna prove yourself right now, Tony? Let’s see how well you can fight hand-to-hand.”

“I’m in the mood to fight you, Capsicle. Let’s do this.”

“I’ll get my uniform on, you put on your suit; let’s go a few rounds.”

Tony smirked. “Let’s do it.”

Ryo burst into tears, his loud cries carrying through the room. Loki scooped him up and bounced him in his arms. “Shh, Ryo…shh, don’t cry.” Loki soothed.

“You two are making the baby cry.” Clint noted, scolded, gently taking Ryo from Loki’s arms.

He quickly got Ryo to quiet down.

Steve faced Tony again. “I’ll go get my uniform on. Let’s just go a few rounds. Let’s see who wins.”

“I’m gonna beat you to a pulp, Steve. Prepare to lose.”

An alarm rang.

“Looks like we have a mission.” Sam noted. “Maybe we should hold off on this, Cap.”

Steve glanced over at Sam. He nodded. “Yeah. A mission is more important.”

Fury checked his phone. “It’s not a huge mission. We don’t need everyone. Rogers, you’re staying here.”

“Sir-!”

“No arguing. They’re just goons. The others can go. You’ll stay.”

“But sir-“

“No arguing, Rogers.” Fury snarled.

He turned to Tony and the others. “Head out. Do whatever needs to be done.”

Tony nodded. “Will do.”

 

C h a p t e r  12

Alex

They were taking longer than she had expected.

Fury had said it was just a few goons…had he been wrong?

Alex paced back and forth across the floor. Meela and Mayla were in the kitchen making themselves a snack, Ryo was napping, she didn’t know where Fury or Bucky were, and Steve had disappeared into the gym.

Long story short, the Avengers were taking forever, and Alex was basically alone in the tower.

She fluffed the pillows on the foyer couch, mind elsewhere.

She couldn’t let them send Ryo away. She knew what the orphanage was like. She couldn’t, wouldn’t, let the sweet, little, innocent baby boy go there.

Alex finished fluffing the pillows. She flopped onto the blue couch with a sigh.

A blue screen appeared in front of her.

Alex jumped. What had she clicked!?

“There is a visitor outside the tower.”

Ohhhh, it was F.R.I.D.A.Y, Tony’s AI tech that practically ran the tower. She remembered Tony explaining it…but he had lost her after a bit.

But she had heard and understood enough of it to sort of understand what F.R.I.D.A.Y was and did.

Alex studied the screen and the person standing at the door.

None of the Avengers. No one she knew.

A woman dressed in a business suit, with black hair…wearing heels…a purse at her side.

An agent, maybe? An agent that worked for Fury, perhaps?

She knew SHIELD had fell a couple years back, but even still…Fury had people that worked for him.

Alex sat up. She stood, getting off of the couch.

She heard footsteps beside her; she turned around.

“What’s going on…who’s that, what did you do?”

Alex faced the screen again, studying it once more. “I-I don’t know, Fury. Someone’s here…don’t they work for you?”

“I don’t recognize that woman at all.” Fury replied, already heading for the front door.

Alex followed behind him, curious to see who it was.

Fury told F.R.I.D.A.Y to open the door, and the sliding doors of the tower opened.

The woman standing at the doorway smiled, her ruby red lips contrasting with her fair skin. “Director Fury? It is a pleasure to meet you, sir.” The woman spoke with a German accented voice.

Fury crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow. “Who are you; what are you doing here?”

“I am Viola Juliana Kurt…and I’m here because I have heard that you have my child…”

“Excuse me?”

The woman, Viola, smiled sadly, her blue eyes brimmed with tears. “…I lost my son a few months ago…he disappeared while a babysitter was watching him…and I haven’t seen him since. My husband died a year ago, you see, and I’ve been looking so hard to find my son. His name is Ryo…and I’ve heard that The Avengers found him…is my son here?”

Fury slowly uncrossed his arms. “There is a baby here. How old is your son?”

“A little bit older than a year old…a year and a few months. I have his birth certificate if you need to see.”

Fury just nodded. “Alex, go get Ryo.”

This just seemed so…odd.

There was something weird about this woman.

“But Fury-“

“You heard the order.” Fury snarled in reply.

Footsteps sounded and Bucky came around the corner; Ryo, who must have woken from the nap, in his arms.

Viola rushed to Bucky. “Oh, Ryo, darling! Oh, my son, my baby boy!” She took Ryo into her arms.

Ryo just rubbed his eyes, as if he didn’t even know she was there.

Viola faced Fury again. “Thank you so, so much for finding my son…I was worried the worst may have happened to him.”

Fury nodded. “They found him in a box in the street that had his name on it.”

The woman gasped. “I…I….I can’t believe someone would do that to my baby. Oh, my darling, what have you been through? I’m so sorry for losing you, baby!”

No…this seemed too much like an act.

“The Avengers should be back before long. Would you enjoy staying for a bit longer so you can possibly thank them yourself, if you want to?” Fury offered, likely just to impress the woman so she would take Ryo faster.

Alex knew how much Fury couldn’t stand Ryo.

Viola smiled, still holding Ryo close. Her gaze strayed and landed on Bucky. “I’d love nothing more.”

 

C h a p t e r  13

Steve

He readjusted the strap on his helmet; he ran as fast as he could.

They had been gone for too long, and judging by the news, something bad was going on.

Not that he fully trusted the news anymore…he’d seen, heard, and done too much to do so.

Steve kept running.

Fury had banned him from going on this mission, but everyone else needed his help, and he couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.

From what he’d heard and seen, the others were up against a super-powered man…one who wasn’t giving up easily.

Steve pushed. He pumped.

He ran as fast as he possibly could.

He could hear…smell…see the destruction.

He knew exactly where he needed to go.

Steve narrowly missed colliding into someone on the sidewalk. “Sorry!” he called, running faster again. He had to reach his team before it was too late.

He couldn’t fail them.

He’d already failed at enough things.

He couldn’t fail his team too.

He clicked on his earpiece, connecting him to the others. “Hold on, guys. I’m on my way.”

“Didn’t Fury,” a blast sounded, “tell you to stay at the tower?”

“Shut up, Tony. Steve, we’d appreciate your help.” Natasha said through the communicators, her words followed by a painful groan.

“Nat! You good?” Clint asked.

She didn’t reply.

“Natasha? Natasha! Steve-“

“I’ll get her, Wanda. Where is she?” Steve asked, finally reaching the site of the battle.

A tall skyscraper surrounded by smaller buildings.

“Guys-“

“We already got everyone out Cap,” Sam grunted, “and you need to get to Natasha. She’s on the left side.”

“Got it. On my way now.” Steve replied, already rushing forward, heading for the left side of the skyscraper, heading for Natasha.

He grabbed the shield off of his back, tossing aside Hydra agents. Looked like it was more than just a few goons, and Hydra goons at that.

But where was the super-powered man that had been spoken of…? Something hard slammed into Steve, and he hit the wall with a thud.

He groaned.

A man stood in front of him, smirking, wearing a super-suit that even covered most of his face, and goggles on his eyes that hid his eyes. “Hello, Captain America…we finally meet. What an honor.” Sarcasm tinged the man’s words.

He obviously didn’t want anyone to know who he was, judging by the fact that his suit covered almost every inch of his body.

Steve grabbed his shield and ran forward, slamming into the man, making him stumble and roll, but he got back to his feet just as fast as he had fallen. “Nice try, but I know you can do better than that, Captain. I’ll take you down…you’re all alone.”

“Except he’s not alone,” Tony landed beside Steve, “oh, hey Cap.”

“Hey Tony. You’re my backup?”

“As am I.” Thor said, landing on the ground on Steve’s other side.

The man’s hands erupted into flames. “Let’s see how fast I can take all three of you down.”